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===2014: [https://web.archive.org/web/20201128142523/https://www.forthealthcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/smoking-ban-for-employees.pdf Smoking Ban for New Hires Spread Across the United States]=== | ===2014: [https://web.archive.org/web/20201128142523/https://www.forthealthcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/smoking-ban-for-employees.pdf Smoking Ban for New Hires Spread Across the United States]=== | ||
*" These new policies essentially treat cigarettes like illegal narcotics. Applications now explicitly warn of “tobacco-free hiring,” job seekers must submit to urine tests for nicotine, and new employees caught smoking face termination." | *" These new policies essentially treat cigarettes like illegal narcotics. Applications now explicitly warn of “tobacco-free hiring,” job seekers must submit to urine tests for nicotine, and new employees caught smoking face termination." | ||
*"Federal laws allow nicotine-free hiring because they don't recognize smokers as a protected class. There’s no data on how many U.S. businesses | *"Federal laws allow nicotine-free hiring because they don't recognize smokers as a protected class. There’s no data on how many U.S. businesses won't hire smokers, but the trend appears strongest with hospitals." | ||
won't hire smokers, but the trend appears strongest with hospitals." | |||
===2013: [https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1303632 Conflicts and Compromises in Not Hiring Smokers]=== | ===2013: [https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1303632 Conflicts and Compromises in Not Hiring Smokers]=== | ||
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